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[bluflamingo]

So, where I work in the afternoons, I don't finish till 5, which means after it gets dark. I'm the only person in the building with most of the lights turned off, in an okay-but-not-great area of the city every day for about an hour. Also, the building makes weird noises. I've been totally fine with it for months now, until tonight, when I find out at 4 that I have to hang around and wait for some electricians who will be here some time before 8, but no idea when.

(on a sidenote - what kind of business account includes oh, an afternoon appointment is some time between 1 and 8? who works till 8pm on a regular basis?!)

Anyway - I'm freaking out being here alone, even though it's not even 6 and I know I'm perfectly safe. And at some point I have to go, alone with two strangers, to a building with no heat, no light and no power, to watch them plug in four fuses so I can power up the buidling again.

Welcome to my glamorous life!

In brighter news - whoever nominated Never Going Home for the mcshep awards, thank you! (I'm sure it's some kind of comment on fandom that, of the 50 or so stories I wrote last year, the single McKay/Sheppard one is the one that gets nominated for an award. I mean, probably because there aren't any rare slash pairing awards, but still. It made me smile).

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[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

The electricians are so not even coming. Which I knew at 6 o'clock, but I couldn't leave, just in case, and now it's nearly 8 and I'M STILL HERE! Not happy.

We don't even have working radio on our computers (though I'm not actually working any more, as you said, just messing around and plotting what I'll say when I ring the company tomorrow to tell them how much they suck).

we should hold a shep/mitchell awards. there's a distinct possibility that you've written fully half the fics in this pairing, so you're bound to win most of it.

Nah, the big name fans who wrote for sg-flyboys last year would win everything with the one story they ever wrote for that pairing. Cos I'm not cynical at all :o) There should totally be rare pairings awards though.

[selfinduced.livejournal.com]

eek. well, now it's probably 10 ish or something (you're about 3-4 hours ahead of me from what i guess) and so you should be home and safe? and aww, no radio! porn battle to the rescue?

and bnfs wrote shep/mitchell? man, i really don't keep up with these things... is it that one person with the uh, um, crap. you know, sports things. something about sports? Towers on High or something? /fail

but the good part is that i now have to look back on that comm for fic that happened before i started reading! ...which i should probably do before i think of voting for any awards... *ponders*

[bluflamingo.livejournal.com]

and bnfs wrote shep/mitchell? man, i really don't keep up with these things... is it that one person with the uh, um, crap. you know, sports things. something about sports? Towers on High or something? /fail

The one you're thinking of is by minervacat, who is a bnf, but wrote the pairing anyway, so I don't count her. But yeah, last year's flyboys brought out all the people i consider big names in fandom to write (this year's on the other hand, was full of people who write the pairing a lot, which made me happy. I have weird hang-ups about the pairing and its fans, I guess :)

[selfinduced.livejournal.com]

oh! *files that away for future reading* but yes, i can understand the possessiveness you get from shipping a rare pairing--especially if it's something you prefer over the big fandom otp. i don't know if i trust people who prefer mcshep to love my sheppard/mitchell right!